Projects
Role of Auditing and Audit Quality in Mitigating Agency Problems in Private Family Firms Hasselt University
The impact of institutions and of accounting standards on firm's accounting quality and cost of capital. KU Leuven
Fair-value accounting and capital management by European banks and insurance companies: determinants and effects. KU Leuven
Databases & software for empirical research in financial economics, accounting, and finance Ghent University
The requested databases and software will support various streams of (empirical) research within financial economics, accounting, and corporate finance.
The effect of bundling of audit and non-audit services on audit market competition and audit quality KU Leuven
In this research project we investigate the effects of bundling audit by firms, i.e. selling audit services together with non-audit services to the same client, on audit market dynamics and audit quality. In the marketing and industrial organization literature, it is observed that firms often sell goods or services in packages. As bundling can lock in clients it hinders access to competitors and makes entry infeasible (Lawless, 1991). In ...
Contract design and collaborative creativity in partnerships: the role of the motivation climate, types of creativity and use of intrafirm controls Vlerick Business School
Getting the most out of charitable giving: The benefits and risks of using prosocial incentives to stimulate employee effort and performance Ghent University
This research proposal will address how prosocial incentives can be used as a tool to direct employee behavior and, as such, become part of the management control system. Prosocial incentives are donations to charity that are directly tied to the work activities of the employee. They are considered to be an effective tool to stimulate employee effort and performance. However, not much is known about how, why, and when these incentives direct ...